The Kremlin is assembling a high-level negotiating team to engage in direct talks with the United States to end the war in Ukraine, sources have revealed. The team will include top-level political, intelligence, and economic figures.
Kirill Dmitriev, a close Putin adviser, will focus on restoring economic ties between the US and Russia as the two sides attempt to forge a Russia-Ukraine peace agreement. Dmitriev has been a prominent Russian contact point with the US, consistently calling for closer US-Russia ties.